The Peace Index is a tool for you to use in your life from this time forward. It is visual so that you can remember it. It's simple enough for a 13‐year‐old and can be used in personal and professional relationships.

Tools are mirrors. When you look at them, you see things you want to improve. The common language allows you to be objective, not subjective. The tools don't lead to judgment but rather self‐awareness.

The Peace Index allows you to see the pain, analyze it, and create a game plan for yourself while helping others do the same. It enables you to conquer chaos by witnessing it and creating a plan to resolve it.

Therefore, in conclusion, let me summarize what I would do if I were you with the content you have just learned.

Start by making a list of the unrest in your life. List what is not working. You might also list any anxieties or worries lodged in your mind. Examples of your possible dissatisfactions, fears, or unrest could be:

• My commute is miserable. I need to solve that.
• It feels like World War III could happen any day.
• My sister is driving me crazy. Something is off.
• Mark at work seems like he is against me.
• I feel that the political landscape could spill over into a civil war.
• I can't sleep. I wake up at 2 a.m. wide awake almost every night.
• My husband spends too much on frivolous things.
• I'm concerned we won't have the means to help our kids go to college.
• I am 40, and I still don't know what I am good at professionally.
• My son needs help. He can't focus on school, and it is becoming so hard for him/us to manage.
• My business partner and I are not on the same page, and our team is starting to feel it.
• Our country is heading in the wrong direction, and it worries me every day.
• We are renovating our kitchen, and it is taking so much longer because they found a leak. It is driving us crazy.
• I don't see how we can continue our lifestyle with my current salary. Something must give.
• My pants won't fit, and I will not buy a new wardrobe.

Some of these might fit you like a glove. I have found that making a list of dissatisfaction, fears, and concerns can be cathartic and helpful if you have a liberating mindset toward yourself—high support with high challenge. When you bring frustrations to light, you can begin to deal with them more openly.

1. Now go through the list, circle the ones you can control, and cross through those you can't control. We must separate worry from actual issues. We must dislodge worry from the center of our mind, body, and spirit. Anxieties create nothing good and rarely come true. Don't let them own you.
2. Since you have already taken the Peace Index, create a system to track it regularly. You can go old school and use Excel or make an air table (www.airtable.com) to follow your daily, weekly, or monthly Peace Index.
3. Make your game plan for each category, as mentioned in Chapter 7, Your Peace Plan.
4. Find your Driver and begin to observe and monitor it. If you improve that area, the entire Peace Index improves.
5. Work to implement Chapter 8, Keeping the Peace. I would love to hear success stories. Connect with me on Social Media platforms @jeremiekubicek.
6. Help others improve their Peace Index. Get them a copy of this book and have them join you on the Year of Peace.
7. Join me on my Peace Tour. Please invite me to your community or organization to speak and share the message. I will work to unlock people and make them stronger, more secure, and more confident leaders. Go to www.jeremiekubicek.com to sign up.
8. Finally, start the Year of Peace process with the course as the starter. Go to www.thepeaceindexbook.com.